AZ SB1019

Requires state agencies that supervise probation or provide mental health services to spend minimum percentages of appropriated funds on evidence-based programs: 25% in fiscal year 2011-2012, 50% in 2012-2013, and 75% in 2013-2014 and thereafter.

Directs the auditor general beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013 to designate three independent professionals with relevant doctorate degrees to evaluate agency programs and certify whether they are evidence-based or non-evidence-based.

Mandates the auditor general submit annual reports by November 1 to legislative leaders assessing all agency programs, documenting the percentage of state and non-state funds spent on evidence-based programs, and describing agency compliance efforts.

Defines "evidence-based program" as one incorporating scientifically-based research with documented validity and reliability that is cost-effective, excluding educational programs required by law and basic medical services.

Authorizes the legislature to consider an agency's failure to comply with these requirements when determining its annual appropriation for the following fiscal year.